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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released results of the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination body, which also outlined the process to check the results, made this known in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday in Abuja. The statement […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African heads of state and stakeholders have unanimously expressed their support for land restoration at the on-going fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, holding in Abidjan. The conference builds on the Great Green Wall programme and intends to offer a concrete response to the interconnected […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a discreet investigation into the finances of the 18 political parties in the country and their presidential aspirants. This followed the huge fees paid for expression of interest and nomination forms by aspirants vying for various elective offices in the parties. The anti-graft agency […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Friday at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly on arrival from Uyo, Akwa Ibom […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has followed with great sadness the funeral of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in occupied East Jerusalem. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, in a statement on Friday, said the UN chief was moved by the outpouring of sympathy from thousands of Palestinian mourners over the past […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Atiku, one of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultative visit to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are reacting on social media after a former Nigerian Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, deleted a post he made on his Facebook and Twitter pages about slain Deborah Samuel. African Examiner recalls that Deborah was murdered after she allegedly blasphemed the prophet. Abubakar, reacting to this development, took to his social media accounts […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Peter Obi, presidential aspirant for the 2023 general elections on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), says he will prioritise poverty reduction through tackling unemployment if elected. Obi stated this at a meeting with the PDP stakeholders and delegates from Sokoto and Zamfara states on Thursday at the party […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has kicked against the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state. African Examiner recalls that in the early hours of Thursday, Deborah was attacked by a mob because of a comment considered to be an insult to […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the resort to self-help by the mob in sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam last Thursday. Buhari said the news of […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has said the death of United Arab Emirate (UAE),President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed “has robbed the world of one of its visionary and most remarkable leaders of modern times.” Buhari, while reacting to the demise of Khalifa yesterday in a statement issued yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
….Vacant Positions To Be Filled With Immediate Effect (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday bade farewell to outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Speaking at a valedictory session for the ministers leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions, the President said significant number of them have been sufficiently equipped to aspire […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A woman found in possession of a human skull has been arrested by the police in Edo State. The police spokesperson in the state, Kontongs Bello, disclosed this on Thursday in Benin City, while briefing reporters on the activities of the command within the last two weeks. Mr Bello, a superintendent of […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Voters Cards registered online between June and December 2021 are invalid. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in charge of Zamfara State, Prof Sa’idu Babura, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in his office in Gusau on Thursday. Babura said, “After the authentication exercise, it was discovered that out of the 2,523,458 registrants nationwide, […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Sokoto State on Thursday says it has arrested two students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, in connection with the killing of their female colleague. African Examiner reports that the Sokoto State Government had on Thursday confirmed the death of a student at the college, […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah did not mince his words when defending his place as he declared he is the best player in the world in his position. The Egypt international is on track to win the English Premier League Golden Boot. He also boasts of the highest assist tally in the top-flight, […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on Thursday, lynched a female student, identified simply as Deborah, over allegation of blasphemy against Muhammed, a prophet of Islam. The deceased was violently stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob, who are mostly students of the college. The […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of travelers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha road regained their freedom. In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen diverted the passengers to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human and vehicular movement as well as social economic activities were on Thursday paralysed in Nsukka town and environs as National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) staged a protest over the continued industrial action of members of the Academics Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Our Correspondent reports that the protest which commenced […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy President of the Senate, and Governorship Aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said he has left his Governorship ambition in the hands of God. The Lawmaker also stated that God’s faithfulness in keeping his covenant with Him in the early part of his life accounts for whatever success […]
